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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx.

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Police & Fire

Glen Rock Police: Driver, 19, In Late-Night Crash Had Too Many Passengers A 19-year-old Glen Rock driver was one of six people crammed into a car built for five that crashed in the borough late Sunday, sending the other driver to the hospital, authorities said. The younger driver’s 2017 Volkswagen Jetta collided with a 2013 Chrysler 300 driven by a 22-year-old Midland Park woman at the intersection of Central and Ackerman avenues around 10:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackerman said. The Midland Park woman was taken by ambulance to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Ackerman said. A 15-year-old Glen Rock girl was picked up at the scene by her mother, who later calle…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Police & Fire

Police: Are 'Concerning' Intrusions At Glen Rock Church, Sikh Temple Connected? Glen Rock police were trying to determine whether a man who entered a Lutheran church and made homophobic remarks on Christmas Eve is the same one who days earlier caused a commotion at a Sikh temple in town. The office manager at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Highwood Avenue told police a man in his 60s entered last Tuesday and “began to inquire about the church in a manner [that] became concerning,” Police Chief Dean Ackerman said. “He began to question whether the church accepted gays and “made several anti-gay comments,” the chief said. He placed a box full of religious pamphlets ne…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Police & Fire

Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training A Passaic police captain will soon begin a prestigious FBI training class. Capt. Gabriel Guzman is the city’s first police officer in 20 years to be accepted into the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Less than one-half of 1% of police officers worldwide are ever invited to the specialized 10-week program, which is designed to enhance the physical and mental capabilities of ranking officers. Participation is by invitation-only and is awarded through a nomination process. Courses included law, behavioral science, forensic science, terrorism, leadership de…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Police & Fire

Police Pepper-Spray Didn't Kill Fair Lawn Man At Paterson Bar -- Alcohol Did, Authorities Find Paterson police weren’t responsible for the death earlier this year of a 25-year-old Fair Lawn man who’d been involved in a bar fight, state authorities announced Monday. Alcohol was, they said. In simplified terms, Steven Sherlock drank himself to death, an autopsy showed. Surveillance video confirmed witnesses’ accounts that Sherlock was involved in a fight with two bar patrons, a man and a woman, at Duffy’s Bar and Tavern on River Street before dawn on March 17, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Sherlock punched the man repeatedly, apparently knocking him out, he said. Sherlock “…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Sports

Giants Email Season Ticket Holders After Firing Shurmur The Giants announced Monday that they'd fired Head Coach Pat Shurmur after two seasons. The team also confirmed that General Manager Dave Gettleman will remain in his position. Team president John Mara and Chairman Steve Tisch revealed the decisions the morning after the Giants ended their 2019 season with a 34-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles -- and a 4-12 record. The Giants were 9-23 in 2018-19 and have not won more than five games in any of the last three seasons. “Steve and I have had many extensive discussions about the state of the Giants,” Mara said. "The last three seasons have …

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Police & Fire

SEE Anything? Gunman Tries To Rob Haledon Laundromat An armed robber fled empty-handed after trying to hold up a Haledon self-service laundry, authorities said. The gunman approached the night-shift attendant at the Family Launderette on Haledon Avenue around 1:30 a.m. and demanded money, police Lt. George Guzman said. “The attendant stated that there was no money and the suspect fled with no proceeds,” Guzman said. The lieutenant asked that anyone who saw something or has surveillance video or information that could help catch the robber contact Detective Christian Clavo: (973) 790-4444.

by Jerry DeMarco

12/30/2019

Police & Fire

Man, 64, Dies In Parsippany Garden Apartment Fire A 64-year-old resident was killed in a fire in a Parsippany garden apartment Sunday afternoon, responders said. His name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. A firefighter refused medical attention for a cut sustained battling the first-floor Rutgers Lane blaze, which broke out in the Rutgers Village Apartment Complex just after 12:30 p.m. and severely damaged two units, they said. The main body of the fire was knocked down by Parsippany and Lake Hiawatha firefighters within a half-hour, after which they summoned investigators. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Offic…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/29/2019

Police & Fire

Heartbreaking: Help Sought Saving Life Of Emaciated Dog Found In Paterson "An emaciated dog in need of urgent medical care” doesn't quite describe the condition of a starving dog rescued from the streets of Paterson. The frail, 17-pound pooch, who was named Reese, made through the night with a normal pulse at the Oradell Animal Hospital, but "her temperature is low, and she is incredibly weak," officials with the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge said. "She has been able to lift her head and even give kisses as her wounds are delicately cleaned," the Oakland-based organization said. Intravenous fluids had to be delivered extremely slowly because of Reese's delicate c…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/29/2019

Police & Fire

Monsey Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect From Orange County, 37, Identified The NYPD identified the man accused of attacking five people with a knife during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey late Saturday night as an Orange County resident. City police said they arrested Grafton Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, after identifying the license plate on his Nissan Sentra as it crossed the George Washington Bridge around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers David Radziwon and Giovanni Mattera stopped and arrested him on 144th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue) in Harlem a short time later and held him for Ramapo police. Grafton was being char…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/29/2019

Police & Fire

Nypd: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem The NYPD identified the man accused of attacking five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Rockland County late Saturday night as a Greenwood Lake resident. City police said they arrested Thomas Grafton, 37, after identifying the license plate on his Nissan Sentra as it crossed the George Washington Bridge around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers David Radziwon and Giovanni Mattera stopped and arrested the Orange County resident on 144th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue) in Harlem a short time later and held him for Ramapo police. Grafto…

by Jerry DeMarco

12/29/2019

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